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Top 10 stories, 20 September 2026
The ten strongest current-affairs stories of 20 September 2026, each explained from the beginning.
- Science & Technology
Ancient DNA reveals how plague kept returning for 400 years after the Black DeathThe Black Death did not end plague in Europe. Ancient DNA shows that the disease returned repeatedly for more than 400 years afterward. This matters because historical records often describe separate outbreaks, but geno…
Based on reporting by ScienceDaily
- Health & Medicine
Scientists solve a 50-year mystery and discover a new human blood groupScientists solved the mystery of AnWj, a blood group antigen first recognized in 1972. They found that its presence depends on the MAL gene. This turns a long-standing medical puzzle into a defined blood group system ca…
Based on reporting by ScienceDaily
- Health & Medicine
How the malaria parasite boosts its transmission potential under stress conditionsThe study shows that malaria parasites do not reproduce in a fixed way. They monitor conditions inside their human host and adjust their development when those conditions worsen. Instead of making only more multiplying…
Based on reporting by Phys.org
- Science & Technology
The AI ‘doomers’ who could control the race to superintelligenceParadox and Accenture announced a partnership focused on AI safety evaluation. Accenture will help examine whether Paradox’s models behave dangerously or show capabilities that require additional safeguards. The goal is…
Based on reporting by The Telegraph
- International Relations
France’s Macron visits Atlantic territory as EU embraces CanadaSaint Pierre and Miquelon is a small French overseas territory in the North Atlantic. It consists mainly of Saint-Pierre, Miquelon-Langlade, and several smaller islands. Although the archipelago lies close to Newfoundla…
Based on reporting by South China Morning Post
- Social Issues
EDUCATION ON HOLD: How Poverty Is Stealing Nigerian Children’s FutureBeing out of school means a child is not enrolled in, or is not regularly attending, an appropriate primary or secondary school. It is more than missing one lesson. It means losing sustained access to teaching, friendsh…
Based on reporting by Daily Trust
- Health & Medicine
Adults with severe mental illness die 15 to 20 years earlier from diseases such as cancer“Severe mental illness” is not defined by a diagnosis or symptom list in the supplied article. In this report, it describes the group of adults with serious mental health problems studied in the NHS data analysis by Ret…
Based on reporting by Guardian UK
- Defence & Security
50 years and one day: How Israel repeated the failures of 1973 on Oct. 7“50 years and one day” refers to the gap between the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began on October 6, and Hamas’s assault on Israel on October 7, 2023. The supplied headline makes that exact calendar echo its central warn…
Based on reporting by Ynetnews
- Science & Technology
A 66-million-year-old tooth reveals T. rex was nearly as warm as a humanChemical clues locked inside fossilized teeth can preserve information about an extinct animal’s body. In this case, they indicate that T. rex maintained a temperature near 97°F. That matters because it gives direct evi…
Based on reporting by ScienceDaily
- Health & Medicine
Sharper reasoning skills in teen years tied to lower dementia risk later in lifeLarge population studies found an association between early cognitive performance and later dementia risk. People who performed better on thinking tests during adolescence or young adulthood were less likely to develop…
Based on reporting by Medical Xpress